1 to give one's respects

2 to send a greeting

3 (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)

1 time

2 length of time

3 moment

4 period

1 sometimes

1 to serve

2 to wait upon

1 conservative

2 to guard

3 to keep

1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)

1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut

2 diehard conservative attitudes

1 hidebound by convention (idiom)

1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped

2 reticent

3 not breathing a word

1 duty to defend the country (idiom)